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"You are going in the wrong direction," replied the poor girl;

"Monza lies there." As she turned to point it out, his companion

(it was Nibbio) seized her by the waist, and lifted her from the

ground. Lucy screamed from surprise and terror; the ruffian threw

her into the carriage; a third, who was seated in the bottom of

it, seized her, and compelled her to sit down before him; another

put a handkerchief over her mouth, and stifled her cries. Nibbio

then entered the carriage, the door was closed, and the horses

set off on a gallop. He who had asked her the perfidious question

remained behind; he was an emissary of Egidio, who had watched

Lucy when she quitted the convent, and had hastened by a shorter

road to inform his colleagues, and wait for her at the place

agreed on.